Week in the Life :: Monday

Hello! So if you read Ali Edwards' blog, you might know that she is currently doing her project Week in the Life, which is basically dedicated to capturing with words and photos the daily rhythms of your family. I wasn't planning on joining in, but while I was eating lunch, I suddenly felt impulsive and started snapping pictures. I don't have much for today, but I'm okay with that.

9am: morning workout with Ashley (cardio + a little weight lifting)

10:45: come home to find that I forgot to put away the marshmallows from last night's s'mores and Brody helped himself to the leftovers. Story of my life.

11am: Lots of dishes to do from last night.

 ...while Brody pouts.

12:15pm: Wolfed down a turkey sandwich

 1pm: I finally give in and we go out to play. Brody has to sit by the mat and wait for the ok to run away.

My basil is thriving along with a lone weed on my thyme side. I think I need to re-seed.

Of course our baby grill is still out from last night.

Too tired to play?

2:30pm: Coffee with a friend
4pm: grocery shopping

6pm: Will it actually rain? (Answer: not really.)

6:15pm: Sudoku time

...while I check the mail! I won Kelly Goree's 500th + 5 year post giveaway last week and I received my loot today. I was so very excited. I unloaded it in the kitchen and kept exclaiming variations of "ohmygosh!" and finally Tyson wandered in to see what was going on. There's even some really cute school stuff along with buttons, brads, stickers, paper, rub-ons, and so much other amazingly cute stuff. I was blown away by her generosity.

6:30pm: baked potato night! I go meatless, but Tyson likes protein. He chose leftover kalua pork.

Delish.

Menu Planning Monday

Happy Monday! Taking a quick study break to share what we've got cooking this week:

monday :: baked potato night
tuesday :: blackened tilapia with zucchini and couscous
wednesday :: grilled cheese panini with spinach and bacon
we're also making snack for small group :: favorite salsa + chips + gooey cake bars
thursday :: homemade pizza
friday :: kalua pig in a slow cooker with rice

Are you on pinterest? I had resisted so long until my friend Joanna emailed me an invite last week. It's way more fun than I initially thought! You can find my boards here! Well I should probably get back to it...I've got flashcards and papers everywhere that need reorganizing before I hit the books again!

Weekend in Photos

I love weekends. We tend to go out of town often, so I relish staying home and having a low-key couple of days. We watched HP 7a on Friday night in anticipation of the new movie, which we saw Saturday morning at Studio Movie Grill. Loved it. Tyson finished the book about four minutes before the movie started, so he was a tad more critical of the deviations in plot than the rest of us. :o) I also had a Suits marathon, which is quickly becoming a favorite show.

Other than that, we just grilled, made some delicious sangria, and relaxed. Totally love the quiet weekends. Probably won't be posting much this week, as I'm studying for a test I've got coming up soon.

Menu Planning Tuesday

Well, it's not Monday, but I'm going to go ahead and post our menu planning for the week. I've fallen off the blogging wagon with our lack of internet, and maybe this will give me the boost I need to start again. :o)

monday :: baked potato night
tuesday :: honey mustard pork chops, garlic red mashed potatoes, and sauteed zucchini
wednesday :: leftovers before small group (my mom's chicken spaghetti, woo hoo!)
thursday :: spaghetti with meat sauce + steamed broccoli or leftovers again
friday :: pioneer woman's pollo asada with tortillas and fixin's

Well I'm still trying to locate some of our cleaning supplies from the move, so I better hop to it!

Summer Lovin'

Loving the fun things of summer, when I'm not unpacking, organizing, calling AT&T...aka the work part of not having a job all year. :o) Hopefully I get everything set up in the next few days because our new place has much better light and I'm ready to take some pictures!

We Missed You :: Scrapbook Layout

Hello! After two weeks of no tv or Internet, we are connected to the world again! I must admit that it was kind of nice to be unplugged for a little bit...until I was having to wait around and be on hold with customer service for hours on end.

For the past few years, I have spent a week and a half in the summer dog sitting for some family friends, and at the end of my time there I like to make the humans a little scrapbook layout with a few pictures of their cute pups. This was the first year I went digital, and I just realized how much more quickly digital pages can come together! I am a fiend about measuring and placing things just so (and I love my undo button), which is one of the many reasons I love digital scrapbooking.

Fonts :: Garamound + Love ya like a Sister
Patterned Paper :: Beach Bloom Mellow paper pack
Frame :: old Designer Digitals freebie

Yay for the short week--I've still got another phone call with AT&T tomorrow to try for a third time to return the old DVR to them. My grandparents are coming in town, so the weekend will consist of good food and hopefully a few workouts.

Happy Independence Day

Happy Independence Day! Today we are spending the day looking for a recliner and then grilling out with friends by the pool. Hopefully I get some pictures to share (if we ever get internet...I am sitting at the pool with my laptop again right now) and scrapbook!

Striped journaler freebie from designerdigitals.com :o)